Business History Publishing

BUSINESS HISTORY PUBLISHING publishes books and magazines that tell the history of Swedish companies and business. Our projects are usually based on the rich source material found in the company archives at the Centre for Business History, the publisher’s owner.

2022-06-08

New book: 30 years since the Swedish school choice reform

In a new book, we look at the Swedish school sectors’s development – since 1842. Authors Anders Johnson and Nils Johan Tjärnlund explore how public and private school forces together have driven Swedish school development for almost two centuries, and not just since the school choice reform of 1992, which this years celebrates 30 years.

2022-05-31

New book gives the story of Ericsson’s Lean and Agile transformation

”Transforming an organization”, a new book from Business History Publishing, tells the story of how global telecom group Ericsson transformed to a Lean and Agile organization in the early 2010s.

2022-04-28

New publication: “M Sweden 100 years”

The consumer organization M Sweden (previously Motormännen) has always worked for safe drivers in safe cars on safe roads. Now there’s a jubilee book out that tells the organization’s 100-year long history.

2022-04-23

New book: “Gränges – since 1896”, now also in English

At the end of the 19th century, Gränges was founded as a mining and train company. Today, the company is a world leader in aluminum products. Gränges’ story is told by the business author Ronald Fagerfjäll. The book is now available in English.

2022-03-09

Audit history in latest “Företagshistoria”

In the latest issue of Företagshistoria, we highlight the important work that auditors do, talk about business-linked world heritage sites, how Grumme cleans house and the Gamma-ray knife saves life.

2022-01-20

New book tells story about Swedish cement industry

In 1871, Skånska Cementaktiebolaget, today’s Cementa, was founded. Then and there, the Swedish cement industry also started. A new book from Business History Publishing tells the history of Swedish cement.

2021-10-20

New in the bookshop: large pocket edition of “Anna Whitlock – Reform Educator and Suffrage Leader”

We printed the second edition of the book about Anna Whitlock as a large pocket.

2021-10-07

Lunch webinar: A flourishing market – The history of market gardens in Sweden

Welcome to a conversation about the history of market gardens in Sweden between Inger Olausson, researcher and senior lecturer at the Department of Cultural Conservation, University of Gothenburg, and Anders Houltz, head of research at the Centre for Business History.

2021-08-10

Anders Johnson about Curt Nicolin at Gothenburg Book Fair 2021

Writer Anders Johnson gives a lecture about the engineer and corporate heavyweight Curt Nicolin in Gothenburg Book Fair’s “Forskartorget”. Watch the entire lecture recorded here!

2021-03-12

Now out: Företagshistoria’s first issue for the year

Learn more about the history of corporate health care, how to develop ski reseorts and Danish-Swedish beer. Among many things.